Whats up battle followers and welcome to a different version of Magno’s Bulging Mail Sack, the one mailbag column FDA-approved to battle boxing illiteracy and gynecomastia in boxing writers. This week, we’ve got feedback/questions relating to Haney, Tank, Benavidez-Andrade, Teofimo-King Ry, Shakur-Zepeda.
Haney and Tank
Hello Paul.
I needed to get your tackle Devin Haney, Gervonta “Tank”Davis, their upcoming profession paths and whether or not you see these paths ever intersecting. And in the event that they do meet up sooner or later, who wins and the way?
Thanks for protecting the written phrase alive at Combat Hype.
– Mark from Baltimore
Hey Mark.
I hate to be the bearer of unhealthy information, however I see Devin Haney and Tank Davis touring very distinct paths for the foreseeable future. Haney, after all, shall be transferring up in weight, difficult WBC junior welterweight champ Regis Prograis on December 9. Win or lose, he’ll need to make the choice to remain at 140 or transfer again to 135 the place he’s nonetheless the undisputed champ. Another choice that he’s introduced up lately is the opportunity of transferring as much as 147. All of that’s doable for Haney. I don’t see a “massive” battle for Haney after this Prograis battle, however I might see guys like Teofimo Lopez and Jose Ramirez within the not too distant future. Tank, in the meantime, is again within the gymnasium preparing for TBA. Isaac Cruz, Chris Colbert, and Frank Martin could possibly be choices for the quick future. I don’t see any of these matchups as notably electrifying, however the logistics concerned in making bouts with Haney, Teofimo, and/or Shakur could be immense and, in the end, crippling– at the very least for now. I hope I’m mistaken.
As for what would occur if Tank and Haney DID battle? I believe it might be very shut for 4 or 5 rounds after which Gervonta would start to eat Devin alive. I see Tank profitable by way of TKO within the tenth.
Benavidez vs. Andrade
Hello Magno.
On November 25, you will notice the vindication and validation of Demetrius “Boo Boo” Andrade as he shuts out and shuts down David Benavidez. The come up is years within the making, nevertheless it’s going to occur. It’s only a rattling disgrace that it took so a few years for Boo Boo to lastly get the large alternative that he wanted. Credit score to Benavidez for being that man who gave Boo Boo that shot. David is an actual one. However he’s not going to win. On that evening, we’ll see the actual most averted man in boxing benefit from his massive alternative and field his strategy to a surprisingly simple unanimous resolution. When this occurs, will Canelo then be embarrassed into preventing him?
– Clyde
Hey Clyde.
Effectively, that’s actually a bunch of phrases in a sentence written by a real blue Boo Boo fan. Whereas it’s usually true {that a} good protection shuts down an excellent offense, there’s extra at play on this Benavidez-Andrade battle. Benavidez has the next ring IQ than folks give him credit score for and it stays to be seen whether or not Andrade has the pop or the all-around warrior chops to maintain Benavidez at arm’s size and respectful. It’s undoubtedly doable that Andrade will flip in a masterful efficiency that nullifies Benavidez’s sport, however there’s nothing in Boo Boo’s previous physique of labor to recommend that he can do this towards somebody like Benavidez. However you can even say the identical about Benavidez. He’s by no means confronted somebody like Andrade who does the issues that he does. It’ll be attention-grabbing and it’ll in all probability take us truly seeing the matchup play out earlier than we’ve got an concept of who has the very best likelihood of turning this battle right into a showcase night.
Teofimo-King Ry, Shakur-Zepeda
Hello Paul.
I noticed the place Oscar De La Hoya was publicly speaking a couple of Tremendous Bowl of Boxing occasion the place the co-main occasions could be cross-promotional Golden Boy-Prime Rank fights between Ryan Garcia and Teofimo Lopez and Shakur Stevenson and William Zepeda. Is that this even remotely actual discuss? If it does occur, how do you see the fights enjoying out?
– Juan from San Jose.
Hello Juan.
Oscar might have a demise want. This Tremendous Bowl of Boxing could be suicide for Golden Boy as a result of I believe Teofimo Lopez and Shakur Stevenson beat GBP’s Ryan Garcia and William Zepeda decisively. Two of Golden Boy’s largest stars could be snuffed out that evening and it could possibly be fairly ugly. Oscar’s smarter than that (?). I’d put it at 95% that he’s not severe about attempting to place collectively one thing like that. He’s simply attempting to get some publicity for his fighters, for his firm, and for himself.
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